WTO notification · SPS
JapanEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency
Official title
Import suspension of pig meat from Spain
Japan notified this emergency SPS measure on 22 December 2025. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
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Published here:
Pig meat and products thereof
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/JPN/1381; it forwards comments to Japan.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)In order to prevent the introduction of African swine fever (ASF) virus into Japan, MAFF has suspended the import of pig meat and products thereof from Spain, including those shipped through third countries, from on 28 November 2025 based on the 'Animal health requirements for meat and viscera derived from pigs and sausages, ham and bacon made from the said meat and viscera as raw materials to be exported to Japan from Spain' and the Articles 37 and 44 of the 'Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease Control'. Pig meat and products thereof derived from animals slaughtered on and after 30 October 2025, as well as live pigs, pig meat and products thereof transported from Spain to other countries on and after 30 October 2025 are not eligible to be exported to Japan, taking into consideration the incubation period of the ASF virus stipulated in the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code.
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